Powerful stories, rooted in Love.
Sarah Kazadi-Ndoye is a 2-time Emmy-award winning producer and journalist, born in the D.R. Congo and raised in New York City. She’s the head of Miniature GÉANT, a production studio launched by NBA MVP Joel Embiid. Before this, she led the Race & Culture Unit at CBS Sports, spearheading content at the intersection of sports, race and culture. Prior to that, she was a Feature Producer at ESPN’s “The Undefeated,” and also produced short documentaries and features for ESPN's storytelling show “E60.” Sarah’s work has been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, and Newsweek, among other news outlets. Her work covers an array of topics, such as mental health, culture, politics and sports. Sarah is passionate about covering demographics that are historically excluded and misrepresented, and telling sports stories that go beyond the game. She has traveled all over the world chasing stories worth telling.
In 2024, Sarah’s short documentary on Byron Perkins — the first openly gay football player at an HBCU — was nominated for a GLAAD Award. In 2023, Sarah directed and produced CROWN, a documentary that celebrates Black hair in sports. In 2022, she created an Emmy-nominated video series called MINDSET, featuring elite athletes in candid conversations about mental health. Sarah then directed and produced a GLAAD Award-nominated documentary on a women’s tackle football league, and the limitless women at its core. She also wrote and directed this feature for Juneteenth 2022, exploring what it means to be “free.”
In 2021, Sarah reported and produced I RUN WITH MAUD: A Promise. A Movement. The Emmy-nominated and Gold Telly Award-winning film unveils how Ahmaud Arbery — and the viral video of his killing — mobilized Black distance runners nationwide, in their pursuit of change and justice in his name. Sarah also reported and produced LONG LIVE SEVEN: The Bryce “Simba” Gowdy Story, a Gold Telly Award-winning documentary centering mental health in the Black community and a mother’s limitless love. In 2020, Sarah was part of The Undefeated team that produced an Emmy-nominated special on the relationship between law enforcement and the Black American community, through an athlete’s lens.
Sarah has won several journalism awards for her work. She was named a Cynopsis “Top Women In Media” honoree in 2022, for her work promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. She is also on the Board of Directors for the Lupita Luenda Initiative, an NGO focused on bringing clean water, education and healthcare to Kambala, in the D.R. Congo. You can follow her on Twitter: @sarahmkazadi.
